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Ninth Annual Month Of Holiday Cards
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I'm not colouring at the moment but I am working on Christmas craft projects for creative little hands around our neighbourhood ... the endless months of Covid-19 lockdowns has brought our community much closer and I look forward to sharing more crafty adventures with them over the coming weekends and school holidays now that restrictions have eased.
(Beccy's post with "G" inspiration words and
cute gnome card to inspire is HERE)
My "G" kids Christmas activity kit is for Gingerbread Man ornaments.
These tasty cuties start out as jumbo craft sticks. Paint the sticks with brown paint.
... I could tell you how I only have a very dark brown paint in my stash ... and how I decided to make my own "gingerbread" colour by adding white and yellow paints ... and how I kept on adding and mixing, adding and mixing ... and how my little jar was filled to the brim by the time it looked almost right ... but I digress, lets get back to our Christmas baking ...
Once the gingerbread paint is dry, it's time to start icing. Take a white paint pen and draw two wavy lines across the top and bottom ends of the stick. Paint on eyes and mouth with a black paint pen. Add a bow under his smiling face. Tiny ribbon bows can be very fiddly, so I decided to try some cardstock ones using punches, the little hands love using punches, so, even though I think they'll be busy punching, I do have some assorted die cut ones ready if they prefer different designs.
Finish decorating the Gingerbread Man by adding three buttons/sequins below the bow. Make a loop from ribbon/string/twine and glue to the back of the ornament so that it can be hung on the Christmas Tree. I adhered a brown circle over the ribbon ends to make a neat finish on the back of the jumbo craft sticks.
What do you think? Good enough to eat?
I think they're a fun, high fibre, low calorie alternative to the real thing!
... I sure hope the kids like them because I have plenty of gingerbread paint.
*** INGREDIENTS ***
jumbo craft sticks
brown paint
red/green buttons, sequins or bling
red/green ribbon or cardstock & punchdies - for bows
black paint pen / gel pen
white paint pen / gel pen
string/twine/fine ribbon - to hang ornament
*** REFERENCE ***
This project was inspired by the "Craft Stick Gingerbread Ornament" post on "The Resourceful Mama" blog HERE.
I chuckled at your little paint mixing story Tracy... been there, done that, many, many times! It always take so much more white paint than you anticipate, and by the time you get it right you have enough to paint a room!
ReplyDeleteBut it looks like it was worth it, your gingerbread men are adorable! Love the embellishments you added for the icing, particularly the sequins, which catch the light beautifully.
Cheers,
Beccy
Thank You Beccy :)
DeleteI shouldn't say it, but it is comforting to learn that I'm not alone ... my husband kept saying to stop and start over with less but I felt like I'd gone too far not to finish it ... needless to say, I'm searching for more activities that need some tasty gingerbread coloured paint!